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 Stories About: air pollution AND John Dingell AND Muckraker AND ozone AND politics AND regulation AND US EPA
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Air Strike
EPA plan would give political officials more say over air-quality standards |
Amanda Griscom Little |
14 Apr 2006 |
Muckraker |
| Who should decide what level of air pollution is safe -- scientists or political appointees? Plume and doom. Photo: iStockphoto. A counterintuitive answer came from top officials at the U.S. EPA last week. Bill Wehrum and George Gray, EPA's highest-ranking air and science officials, respectively, issued recommendations that some enviros and agency staffers fear could curtai ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, John Dingell, Muckraker, ozone, politics, regulation, US EPA (all these topics) |
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